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Season 2, Episode 1: Cutting It Close
Disclaimer: I do not own the TV series Full House or its characters. The character Jodie Tanner was an idea given to me by Movies And TV Shows AU.
"Look here, Clones," Jesse said as he sat in the small chair beside Michelle and Stephanie's little table, staring at the twins and using his nickname for them. "I don't let anybody cut my hair except for my barber."
"We're not going to cut it for real," Jodie chuckled. "We got in trouble last time we cut each other's hair, so we can only pretend to cut people's hair now."
Jesse sighed. "I don't know. I remember your mom telling me about the time DJ played barber with her and cut a clump of her hair…"
"Please, Uncle Jesse! Can't we play beauty parlor?" Stephanie begged.
"Uncle Jesse doesn't want to play beauty parlor," Jesse stated.
"Yes, he does!" Stephanie sing songed.
"Pretty please!" Jodie begged, breaking out her own technique of persuasion.
"No, he doesn't," Jesse said, growing worried as the girls ganged up on him.
"Yes, he does!" Stephanie repeated.
"Pretty please," Jodie reiterated, sticking out her bottom lip.
"No," Jesse said, flatly.
"Yes, he does!" Stephanie pretended to cry, rubbing her fists against her eyes.
"Pretty please," Jodie pleaded, breaking out the puppy dog eyes.
"Aw, fine!" Jesse shouted. "You better not cut my hair for real, though."
"We won't," Stephanie promised before Jodie tied a baby blue apron over her uncle's shoulders, like they do in the barber shop.
"Snip, snip, snip," Jodie chirped as they pretended to cut Jesse's hair.
"Uh, oh," her twin's voice murmured.
Jodie glanced up, and her eyes widened when she saw Stephanie holding a lock of Jesse's hair with a panicked gaze in her eyes.
"Uh, oh? What do you mean uh, oh?" Jesse demanded, spinning around in his chair. Right before he turned to face them, Jodie snatched the lock of black hair out of Stephanie's fist. "Jodie, you said you wouldn't cut my hair!"
"I'm sorry," Jodie apologized, her lip wobbling.
"Sorry? My hair was my prized possession," Jesse said before storming out of room.
"You didn't have to do that," Stephanie murmured.
Jodie nodded. "I know… but I wanted to. You take the fall for me all the time. The least I could do was take the fall for this one."
Jodie walked out of the room, wanting to get to her own room since she knew she would be grounded, and Stephanie turned to two year old Michelle standing up in her crib.
Michelle and Stephanie were roommates and incredibly close, and Stephanie sat beside Michelle's crib with tears of guilt in her eyes.
"Steph okay?" Michelle asked.
Stephanie shook her head. "Jodie took the blame for me. I should be the one getting grounded."
Michelle shhhed her while holding a finger to her lips. Stephanie understood what the inarticulate toddler was trying to say.
"I know. Don't tell, or Jodie will get into even more trouble for lying," Stephanie mumbled.
Meanwhile, DJ glanced up as Jodie walked into the room. Like Michelle and Stephanie, DJ and Jodie were very close, so DJ immediately knew something was wrong.
"What happened?" DJ asked.
"I accidentally cut Uncle Jesse's hair," Jodie mumbled.
DJ gaped. "Really? No way."
Jodie nodded. "Way," she said, looking sadder than DJ had seen her in a long time. It was worth it, taking the blame for her twin, but Uncle Jesse had never yelled at her before. It was a different and not a good kind of different.
"Don't look so glum!" DJ exclaimed.
Jodie shrugged. "How can I not be? There's no way they'll let me off the hook for this."
DJ smiled. "I know what will cheer you up. A good prank."
Jodie's eyes sparkled. "I'm listening."
"Tonight, we sneak into Uncle Jesse's room and cut another lock of his hair. I bet when morning comes, he doesn't even realize it's gone," DJ smirked.
"DJ, do you have a death wish?" Jodie demanded.
"Possibly," DJ answered. "Besides, if you're grounded, I'm practically grounded anyway. What am I going to do without my best friend? And you're already grounded! What have we got to lose?"
Jodie smiled as she saw DJ's point.
DJ was right. Considering his hair was his prized possession, it was quite surprising when Jesse didn't even notice a lock of his hair was missing from the bottom of his 'mane,' as the Tanner family called his hair, the following morning.
Thank you for reading! Goodbye, everyone!